As I read again the words of Dr. Diana L. Hayes, "[Events of my life have] forged me in the fiery furnace of God’s love," it occurs to me that life has not necessarily forged me in a fiery furnace...it just seems that way to my ego Lucy.
Comes the dawn: It is fear of that "seems that way" that has made so many of my life's decisions.
Face it, "fiery furnace" whether of God's love or of ego's fear gets the old resistance up and revving. Without a commitment to spiritual growth, that resistance will ever...cannot but...do our thinking for us.
However, by relying on the Sermon wherein we are taught: Do not resist one who is evil, we can use that resistance to be released from our paralyzed clutch on reason as the way out. (By use I mean we welcome it, pray our thank you and trust God's will is already done here and now. And it is good.)
Letting go to the unseen in trust of a good outcome is the essence of reasoning mind's dark side. Which we need not fear for that, too, is encompassed in God's love.
Thank you.
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